Ecuador: another crackdown on Indigenous-led protests Published at 29.06.2022 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist labour rights protest violent protest protestor(s) detained youth protest disruption attack on HRD harassment HRD detained excessive force public vilification killing of protestors access to info. law indigenous groups HRD prosecuted Read more
Restrictive legislation, criminal cases against the media & bans on protests on Ukraine Published at 18.05.2022 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid intimidation harassment positive CS development surveillance negative court ruling protest public vilification prevention of protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Mali’s “military coup within a coup”: no elections in February 2022; journalist abducted Published at 30.11.2021 Country Mali Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained release of HRDs intimidation HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted protest Read more
Canada: use of emergency powers to disperse protests under scrutiny Published at 23.06.2022 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protestor(s) detained indigenous groups religious groups intimidation HRD prosecuted labour rights protest private sector environmental rights Read more
Activists face repression around and following the Vietnam Communist Party congress Published at 29.03.2021 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: women torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted journalist detained restrictive law Read more
Nicaragua anuncia su decisión de retirarse de la OEA mientras continúan las detenciones arbitrarias Published at 13.12.2021 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance youth women harassment travel ban HRD detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Coup d'État militaire dans le coup d'État : pas d'élections en février 2022 Published at 09.12.2021 Country Mali Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained release of HRDs intimidation HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted protest Read more
Comunidades afectadas por la minería y la extracción de petróleo encabezan una oleada de protestas Published at 13.12.2021 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted intimidation environmental rights HRD detained criminal defamation non state actors women indigenous groups release of HRDs attack on journalist negative court ruling protest extractive industries restrictive law HRD acquitted HRD threatened land rights Read more
Youtuber & government critic sentenced to prison Published at 17.05.2022 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction HRD prosecuted Read more
Crackdown on union strike in Cambodia while repression of opposition and critics continues Published at 05.01.2022 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained journalist detained negative court ruling labour rights excessive force protest protest disruption women harassment restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
Electoral law passed that will stifle charities in Australia while targeting of activists persists Published at 10.01.2022 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted environmental rights censorship bureaucratic restriction Read more
Arrests and attacks on activists persist in Myanmar as civil society slams Hun Sen’s rogue diplomacy Published at 17.01.2022 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling protest killing of journalist killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protest disruption attack on HRD HRD detained HRD killing HRD prosecuted Read more
systematic crackdown on dissent continues Published at 30.11.2021 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference release of HRDs harassment censorship journalist detained women HRD prosecuted Read more
Three killed in protest against insecurity; judicial harassment of HRDs; journalists assaulted Published at 19.01.2022 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD prosecuted HRD detained protest environmental rights non state actors prevention of protest killing of protestors journalist detained protestor(s) detained protest disruption Read more
Repression persists as Vietnam jails human rights defender Pham Doan Trang and other activists Published at 21.01.2022 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted land rights women restrictive law HRD detained negative court ruling Read more
Pro-democracy activist Makomborero Haruzivishe released on bail after months in detention Published at 21.01.2022 Country Zimbabwe Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs censorship extractive industries protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted protest Read more
Trois morts lors d'une manifestation, harcèlement des DDH, agression contre des journalistes Published at 25.01.2022 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protest prevention of protest killing of protestors journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights protest disruption intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist non state actors Read more
Concern as authorities continue systematic retaliation against civil society Published at 04.02.2022 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure harassment negative court ruling internet restriction political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Journalists and media outlets targeted amidst state of emergency Published at 08.03.2022 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted CSO closure Read more
Ongoing violations on civic freedoms at Poland/Belarus border; further threats to LGBTQI+ rights Published at 21.01.2022 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI bureaucratic restriction censorship access to info. law surveillance youth protest disruption office raid non state actors women intimidation harassment criminal defamation positive court ruling refugees and migrants positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest political interference restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Brazil: defenders vilified and criminalised, censorship and attacks against media on the rise Published at 31.10.2019 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups surveillance attack on journalist HRD killing protest public vilification killing of journalist censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights LGBTI Read more
